Resources

Fr. Alan Valencia
Director of Vocations and Seminarians

(520) 838-2531
avalencia@diocesetucson.org

 
Elizabeth Suaso
Administrative Assistant to Vocations

(520) 838-2537
esuaso@diocesetucson.org

Vocations Office
520-838-2531
vocations@diocesetucson.org

✝ Books on Priesthood

• To Save a Thousand Souls - Fr. Brett Brannen
• Priests for the Third Millennium - Archbishop Timothy Dolan
• The Priest is Not His Own - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 2004
• The Joy of Priesthood - Msgr. Steve Rosetti

• Vocation Ministry 
• The Way of Discernment - Elizabeth Liebert
• Discernment Do's and Don'ts - Fr. George Elliott

✝ Biographies or Autobiographies of Priests

• The Cure D'Ars: St. Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney - Abbe Francois Trochu
• A Priest Forever - Fr. Benedict Groeschel
• He Leadeth Me - Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.

✝ Books on Celibacy

• The Courage to be Chaste - Fr. Benedict Groeschel
• When God Asks for an Undivided Heart - Fr. Andrew Apostoli
• Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (Priestly Celibacy) - Pope Paul VI, 1967

✝ Old Testament

• Genesis 12, 22, 37-50
• Exodus 3
• 1 Sam 3
• 1 Kings 19-21
• Isaiah 6, 42, 43, 45, 49
• Jeremiah 1, 20, 29
• Jonah 1-3

✝ New Testament

• Matthew 4, 9, 16, 17, 20, 26, 28
• Luke 4, 9, 14
• John 1, 2, 10, 15, 19
• Mark 3, 10
• Romans 8
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Galatians 1
• Philippians 3
• 1 Peter 2

Each year in November, the nation celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week (NVAW) through prayer, education, and promotion for all vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life.
 

May 8th, 2022 marks the 59th Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. 

On this special day, we ask all to participate in praying for and supporting vocations to the priesthood, consecrated life, and permanent diaconate.
 

Religious Order Vocation Match